Perfect Patchwork: All Things Purple

Hi
today's theme is purple; I hope you like the selection that I have chosen for you, I have tried to make sure they are all different types of things.

I've decided to start you off with a famous poem, one of my favourites.

Warning

by Jenny Joseph

WHEN I AM AN OLD WOMAN I SHALL WEAR PURPLE

With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves

And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired

And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

And run my stick along the public railings

And make up for the sobriety of my youth.

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain

And pick the flowers in other people's gardens

And learn to spit

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat

And eat three pounds of sausages at a go

Or only bread and pickle for a week

And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry

And pay our rent and not swear in the street

And set a good example for the children.

We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?

So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised

When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Taken from the book

When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple

Edited by Sandra Martz

Papier Mache Press--Watsonville, California 1987

Hope you enjoyed my poem, now for a little shopping, all the pictures have links where you can find not only the item, but a selection of other creations made by the same person - Happy Shopping

Purple Bon Bon Earrings created by Barton's Beautiful Bracelets (and other pretty things)